The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1887-09-01
AN INTERESTING BATCH OFNEWS
FROM PROSPERITY.
The Opening of the Schools-Per-
sonal Gossip-6,350 Bales of
Cotton.

Miss Theodosia Werts has returned to
her home at Johnson's.
W. J. Mills will givea barbecue at CO..
Youngs place on the 10th, September.
This is the anniversary of the great
earthquake, and still the earth ''trembles'
occasionally.
The cotton market on Saturday looked
very much as if business was opening
sure enough.
Mrs. Anna Scheetz Will return here
about the I'd of September. She has
been absent since May.
Mrs. Mamie Birge, teacher of Excel
sior Academy, will give vacation during
the month of September.
Mr.. Silas Summer, living at Mr. J. D.
A. KILLERS, died last week, &rather sud
denly from what was supposed to be
Meningetis.
Miss Joe Langford has been elected the
teacher at st. Lakes again. We were
mistaken, when we said last week. that no
teacher had been elected.
Number bales new cotton sold &C.
Market to-day s14-8.45. Whole number
bales cotton sold for the commercial year
ending August 31st, 1887, is 6,355.
Mrs. Patrick Boland died on Monday
night. She leaves husband aud five
small children, the oldest only about 6
years, the youngest quite an infant.
Mrs. Hattie O'Neil of Harpersville, Ala,
after spending pleasant time here, the
guest of her relatives DR.. A. F. Langford
and family, leaves for her home to-day.
The exercises of Prosperity High School
will open on the first Monday in Septem-
Der. It is highly important that all the
students be present at the opening of the
session.
The joint picnic by the Sunday-schools
of Prosperity church, A. R. P, and Stoney
Battery, was, we understand quite a
pleasant, and enjoyable occasion. We
are sorry that we could not attend
Miss Fannie johnson has moved to the
"Boyd place" about four miles from town,
where with her brother, she Will open a
boarding house for students dciring
board who may attend school at Johnstone
Academy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Godsey, will leave our
town September 1st, and take up their
abode in the city of Newberry. We re-
gret to loose 'he good people, and we be-
speak for them kind and cordial rccep-
ton among the good people of Newberry.
We leave to-day for teo days trip to
Georgetown, where we Will meet with our
old friend, DR.. j. VIM. Folk, and then oh,
what time we will have catching fish,
and eating fish omelettes, clam chowders,
shrimp soup, and all the good things
known only to persons living on the coast.
The merchants along the line of R. R.
might do well to weigh their packages of
merchandise as they r. ceive them in store.
There is wrong somewhere, which
should be remedied There are entirely
too many overchargcs, and not enough
undercharges. Of course it is not, nor
cannot be with our local agents.
On Tuesday MI. r. T. C. Hunter met
with a painful, though not serious acci-
dent. While ginuing cotton bis lei; hand
was caught in the belt and passed around
between the belt and pully, causing quite
painful wound. Mr.. Hunter says that
he has been working with va1ious kinds
of machinery for seventeen years and this
is the first time he has met with an acci-
dent. There is just where the trouble
comes i1-men become callous to danger
from constant association. YUBR.